Bernard-Henri Levy is a philosopher, activist, filmmaker and author of over thirty books including The Genius of Judaism, American Vertigo, Barbarism with a Human Face, and Who Killed Daniel Pearl? His writing has appeared extensively in publications throughout Europe and the United States. His documentaries include Peshmerga, The Battle of Mosul, The Oath of Tobruk and Bosna! Levy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racisme and has served on diplomatic missions for the French government.
In this exquisite gem of a book, Bernard-Henri Levy offers a poetic plea for moral courage and clear thinking in these dark times. He is an international treasure. --Robert Kagan, author of Of Paradise and Power and The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World Bernard-Henri L vy puts his deep first-hand knowledge of the world together with his extraordinary gift for horizontal thinking -- leaping easily from epoch to epoch and from one philosophical idea to the next -- to offer a startling and persuasive picture of this moment of decisive historical transition. --Adam Gopnik, author of Paris to the Moon and At the Strangers' Gate The Empire and the Five Kings is that rare book that few write anymore, and few even know how to. It is the product of a truly literate mind of the sort that has virtually gone extinct in this post-literate digital age. Unless one is a nativist or isolationist, the author's sentiments are difficult to challenge. But the question is, Does the domestic condition of the United States allow for such an activist approach to the world? --Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century